Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 46, Decatur, Adams County, 23 February 1945 — Page 6

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Kirkland, Geneva Win Tourney Opene

Packed House Sees Favorites Take Openers COMMODORES WIN The Decatur Commodores qualified for the first semi-final game in the Decatur sectional tourney, eliminating the Jefferson Warriors, 41 to 15, in the first game of the Friday afternoon session. A packed gym. the largest opening fcession crowd in the history of the Decatur sectional tournament saw the favored Kirkland Kangaroos and Geneva Cardinals come through with fairly easy and expected victories Thursday night over ithe Pleasant Mills Spartans and Monroe Bearkatz, respectively. flay was resumed in the tourney this afternoon, with the Decatur Commodores meeting the Jeffenson Warriors in the opening contest, followed by the Monmouth Eagles and Hartford Gorillas. Two great battles are in prospect at tonight’s session. The Decatur Yellow Jackets and Bernd Bears will clash in the first tilt, tonight at 7 o'clock, followed by Kirkland and Geneva. Semi-final gamee will be played Saturday afternoon, starting at 1:30 O'clock, with this afternoon's winners tangling in the opening game, with the victors of tonight's two tilts meeting in the second Saturday clash. The victorious quintets in the semi-finals will meet for the sectional championship Saturday night at 8 o’clock. Kirkland Wins The Kirkland Kangaroos had littW difficulty with the Pleasant Mills Spartans, Kirkland eliminating the Spartans by a 39 to 22 score In the tourney opener. The kangaroos jumped out in front at the first quarter by a 10 to 2 score, with both of the Pleasant Mills points counting on free throws. Kirkland was out in front. 17 to 10 at the half, and 27 to 15 at the third quarter. Scoring honors were will divided for both quintets. Werst and R. Gerber paced the Kangaroos’ attack with 10 points each, while Werling was high for Pleasant Mills with six points. Kirkland fired 69 times for 16 field goals, while Pleasant Mills tricked onif >five times from the field-iti 43 aitempts. The Spartans, hpwever, -Irad a great night from tkq JT'ee 'throw .line, converting 12 Of 1 15-opportunities, while Kirkland FIVE BIG DAYS! Tonight & Saturday SUN. MON. TUES. Continuous Sun. from 1:15 Bet mW Ml 7 xrx SECONDS over Tokyo AMIIVYN Ll(OY PRODUCTION .VAN JOHNSON i ROBERT WALKER I PHYLLIS THAXTER ' SCOn McKAY SPENCER TRACY AS LItUTENANT COiONRI JAMES M MOTE—First Feature Starts Fri, Men. A Tues, at 7 o’clock. - BIU 11. SN

I made seven of 13 foul stripe chances. Geneva Triumphs The county champion Geneva Cardinals eliminated the Monroe Bearkatz, 40 to 27, in the second tilt last nighit, but the game was much closer than the final score indicates. The two quintets were all knotted up at 7-7 at the end of the first quarter. Geneva held a three-point margin, 16 ito 13, at the half, and increased its lead to six points, 23 to 17, at the third period. R. Sadler, Monroe guard, put on the night’is one-man show, sinking seven field goals and four free throws for a great total of 18 points. Cook and Schlagenhauf led the champions with 12 and 10 points, respectively. Geneva itook 62 shots from the field for its 18 field goals, while Monroe registered 10 fielders on 49 shots. From the foul line, Geneva , converted only four of 14 attempts, while Monroe made seven of 12 chances. Kirkland FG FT TP ’ Werst, f 4 2-2 10 ' Fruechte, f 1 1-1 3 Beineke, c 1 3-4 5 Troxel, g 2 1-2 5 11. Gerber, g 5 0-2 10 Worthman. f o o-o o F. Gerber, f 1 0-1 2 Ehrman, c 1 0-0 2 Longenberger, g 0 0-0 0 Shady, g 1 0-1 2 Totals 16 7-13 39 Pleasant Mills FG FT TP Miller, f 0 3-3 3 Geyer, f ..- 1 1-1 3 Werling, c 1 4-6 6 Sprunger, g 0 2-2 2 L. Speakman, g 1 1-2 3 P. Speakman, g 2 1-1 5 Totals 5 12-15 22 Referee, Kolp: umpire, Dickie. Geneva FG FT TP Cook, f 4 4-6 12 I Snow, f 4 0-1 8 Hale, e2 0-0 4 Schlagenhauf, g . 5 0-4 10. Van Emon, g 3 0-2 6 Penrod, f 0 0-0 0 Wright, 0 0-10 Habegger, c 0.0-0 0 Totalslß 4-14 40 Monroe FG FT TP B. Sadler, f 0 2-5 2 Chrisfehet, f 3 1-1 7 Rich, c 0 0-1 0 R. Sadler, g 7 4-5 18 Zurcher, g -.... 0 0-0 0 Nussbaum, c 0 0-0 0 Totalslo 7-12 27 Referee, Dickie; umpire. Kolp. o . Democrat Want Ads Get Results | CORT SUN. MON. TUES. Matinee Sun.—9c-15c until 4 TWO ACTION HITS! Kadtctevu... Risking Hvm and tores tor th; '•MBH3E. hire ot easy tMoey* torTneal WSSfatfWl ADELE MARA J ROGER PRYOR &■ PAUL NABVKT salat MftftlCA MKil ROOOtM WEAVER —ADDED THRILLERVERDICT WAS DEATH For Six Members of This Murder Jury! The Only Suspect was a “ghost” and He Wasn’t Talking! “THE MISSING JUROR” Jim Bannon, Janis Carter, Geo. Macßeady, Jean Stevens Evenings 9c-30c Inc. Tax O—O Tonight & Saturday GENE AUTRY “COMIN’ ROUND THE MOUNTAIN” With Smiley Burnette I. ALSO—“Raiders of Ghost City” 9c3oc Inc. Tax

Indianapolis ? Tech Upset In e . Opening Round t ll 3 'lndianapolis, iFeb. 23 —(UP) — Tournament definite of Evansville ) Bosse’s defending state champion® , and the highest-touted Jefferson B ville Red Devite feature the see- < ond firing in the 35th annual IndI iana high school basketball playoffs I today. Jeffensonville faced much-beaten , Laconia in the fiiHt game of the . day at the Jeffersonville setetional. i Bouse takes on Mt. Vernon at 4 p m. in the Evansville sectional and was expected to repeat a regular ; season, 49-point decision over Bit. Vernon. tplay started at 63 of the 64 sectional centers over the state laat night. Only one major upset—.the defeat of Indianapolis Teehi—popped up to >mar opening festivities. Tech, standout .power in the Central Indiana region, got off on the wrong foot against Ben Davis and never could overcome the Marion county champion’s early, 8-0 lead. The final score was 36-31. All the other strong title contenders seeing action breezed through to easy victories. Jasper's fast-breaking wildcats, the No. 1 tourney favorite, routed Ireland in the first game of the Jasper sectional, 76'23. Ireiaud jumped to an 8-3 lead, but Jasper settled down and the second string played the entire second half. The wildcats play Otwell tonight. Gary Lew Wallace, far north stalwart, toyed with Morgan township, 65-24. The hornets will face the i Valparaiso-Gary Emerson winner at I 7 .p. m. South Bend Riley, winner of 19 out of 21 regular season starts, clubbed) Madison township, 55-32, and figured to make Walkerton tourney victim No. 2 this afternoon. Hammond high, another northern power, tuned up for a joust with tough Merrillville by routing Griffith, 51-3'l. 'Merrillville drubbed Crown Point, 38-26, to advance to the second round of the Hammond sectional. Terre Haute City schools flashed their power as State, Garfield and Geretmeyer posted victories. State meets Garfield tonight, with the winner likely to tangle with Geretmeyer on Saturday afternoon. Garfield whipped Fontanet, 40-35, State thumped West Terre Haute, 46-19, and Gerstmeyer clouted Concannon, 41-32. 'Mitehell opened its own sectional by slamming Tunnelton, 41-22. Bedford faces Sliawswick and Mitchell tonight. Lebanon, twice state champion, was included in the list of 79 teams relegated to the sidelines by last nights action. Dover upset Lebanon. 32-30. North Vernon and Harrison township also lost. But that was nothing new. Neither had won a game this season and both came a cropper In the first round of the sectionals. Yorktown 'beat Harrison, 57-20. North Vernon bowed to Clarksburg, 38-37. o i Illinois Crippled For Loop Battles Chicago, Feb. 23.—(UP)—Illinois’ crippled band ot warriors strive ,to move into a tie for first place in the western conference basketball race tonight by whipping Ohio State’s defending champions on their home court, a feat which no other Big Ten team has aceomplisned this season. With all five regulars on the “■sick” list, Illinois will be severely handicapped as it attempts to pull even with lowa’s front-running Hawkeyes and at the same time eliminate Ohio State from championship consideration. Coach Doug Mills, passing through here with his Illini while enroute to Columbus, 0., released . the following report on his five ! regulars: i Forward Howie JudsOn, injured foot; Guard Walt (Junior) Kirk, pulled muscle; forward Johnny Orr, injured knee, and guard Jack Burmaster and center Walt Kereulis, severe head colds. He said he didn’t know who would be ready to start by game time tonight when the Illini try to win where every other conference team has been frustrated. His regulars probably will take' the floor, although in sub-par condition. Nevertheless, MiUe’ casualty report is a deadening blow to Illinois’ championship hopes at this stage of , the torrid Big Ten race. Here’s the present position of the three contending teams; lowa ’ in first place with eight victories in nine games: Illinois in second with g I seven victories in eigjjt garoes,

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Sectional Scores At Fort Wayne Leo 32, Huntertown 31. Elmhurst 31, Lafayette Central 28. Fort Wayne North 38, Areola 17. Fort W'ayne Central 59, Woodburn 25. New Haven 40, Fort Wayne Central Catholic 28. Fort Wayne South 39, Harlan 21. At Kendallville Wolf Lake 45, Scott 22. Albion 34, Ligonier 16. Wawaka 36, Brighton 20. Shipshewana 49, :Howe Military 30. Cromwell 53, Topeka 22. Kendallville 29, Avilla 27. At Warsaw Silver Lake 68, Burket 48. Syracuse 52, Larwill 32. Pierceton 58, Mentone 26. Etna Green 41, Columbia City 33. North Webster 48, Sidney 37. Milford 57, Leesburg 45. At Huntington Bippus 38, Banquo 25. Huntington Twp. 57, Rockcreek IS. Warren 29, Huntington Catholic 27. Hunitington 51, Jefferson Center 19. Monument City 34. Lancaster 30. Uffion Twp. 37, Jefferson Twp. 35. At Garrett Auburn 59, Metz 19. Garrett 32, Butler 22. Angola 35, Orland 18. Fremont 32, Churubusco 27. Waterloo 47, Spencerville 26. Hamilton 59, Scott Senter 11. At Bluffton Rockcreek 37, Ossian 36. Chester Center 49, Liberty Center 36. At Hartford City Pennville 29, Montpelier 28. Dunkirk 48, Roll 34. Portland 43, Jeffenson Twp. 32. Democrat Want Ads Get Results 1 Ohio state in third with eight viei torles in 10 games. i This is no time for the injury ■ jinx to hit the lllinl since they have four straight road games left > in (their championship drive. ’ With Judson and Kirk leading I the way, Illinois has put on a bril--5 liant comeback drive to win Seven s straight games after an opening de- • feat. The lllinl currently, are the highest scoring team in the conJ ference with a 52.5 average per i game, but if injuries disrupt the 1 mini’s highly-geared machine it » might be disastrous. Following tonight’s game, Illinois 1 meets Northwestern at the stadium \ here tomorrow night; Indiana at ’. Bloomington, Feb. 24, and lowa at - lowa City, in the championship i, showdown game, March 3. Meanwhile, lowa has only three » games left, starting with Wiscone sin at Madison tomorrow night, a Minnesota at Minneapolis, Feb. 26, s and then the big one with Illinois, s Ohio State has two conference s games left and its chances of re* i. peatlng as champions are slim. If !- the Buckeyes are to capture two i’ consecutive titles, they must whip f Illinois tonight, Indiana tomorrow night and then hope that both the f Hawkeyes and mini suffer one a more defeat each. In that way. u the three teams could tie for the h title with records of 10 vtetoriM I and two defeats.

I I The Decatur sectional tournament broke away to its greatest start in history Thursday night, , with a packed house chalking up • the largest opening night crowd in tourney history in this city. —oOo— W. Guy Brown, host principal, announced this morning that 1,700 season tickets were sold by the participating schools. This means that only 200 to 300 single admission tickets will be available at the gym doors 30 minutes before game time. Fans wishing to be certain of admission to the game may still purchase season tickets, which are on sale at the gym. —oOo— The favored Kirkland Kangaroos and Geneva Cardinals came • through as expected in opening games last night, although the Pleasant Mills Spartans and Monroe Bearkatz made things interesting enough for their opponents and the fans. Monroe especially threw a scare into the county champion Cardinals before Geneva began to pull away late in the third quarter. —oOo~ Honors tor the greatest individual performance of the opening session go without question to R. Stadler, Monroe guard. Sadler was the whole show for the Bearkatz as he pumped in seven field goals', most of them from fairly long range, and added four free throws for a splendid total of 18 points. —<oOo— Thanks to Deane Dorwin, Deeatur high school inetructat*, and hie aaalatant, Everett Arthur, high achpol senior, for their data on last night’s

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games. They furnished us with the total shots attempted by each team and number of field goals, also free throw attempts and conversions. This information, plus starting lineups. substitutions, scoring recapitulation and announcements will be made throughout the entire tourney over the public address system in the school. —oOo — Some tourney firsts: First tipoff—taken by Kirkland. First shot — 11. Gerber, Kirkland, missed. First field goal—Werst, Kirkland. First personal foul — Beineke, Kirkland. First free throw — Werling, Pleasant Mills, made. • First time out —Kirkland. First free throw missed —Beineke, Kirkland. • | First substitution — P. Speakman. Pleasant Mills. First player ejected on personal fouls —Beineke, Kirkland. | —oOo — The major upset victim in Thursday night play throughout. , the state was Technical of Indian- ( apolis, knocked over, 36 to 31, by I Ben Davis. Tech had won 16 of . its regular 18 games during the I season and was rated as one of j the better teams in. the state. I Other first-round surprises were : recorded as Lebanon bowed out I before Dover. 32 to 30. and Con- j nersville was tripped up by Ever- I ton, 25 to 22. J Columbia City's Eagles I were blasted out of the run- , ning by little Etna Green. 41 to 33, in the only upset in this section of the state ' Thursday. The Hartford City 1 ' sectional was assured of a ' new champion as the Montpe- I tier Pacers were removed ' from the race by the Penn- I ville Bulldogs, 29 to 28. 0 | County Coon Hunters | Meet Monday Niqht | ■The Adame county coon hunters | association wiil hold i'a monthly ' meeting Monday night at the Frank- I lin service station north of Decatur. The members are invited to be pre- I sent. CANDY ; McPhail, fancy boxed t CHOCOLATES, , Easter wrapped. $ f SA pound A box SMITH DRUG CO. LOANS PRIVATELY MADE Would a loan of J 25 to $250 or more help you? If so, it can be easily arranged. FOA fXAMPif If you are in need of SSO and have a steady job, you can borrow it on your own signature. No one else signs. Us Today ; LOCAL LOAN > COMPANY Inwrporated | Over Schafer store — T»lej!iOTS 2*2-7 DECATUR, INDIANA Open Daily 8:30 to B:30 | Thurs. until 12:30

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